Mark Best: Chocolate chantilly with raspberry-poached rhubarb

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for chocolate chantilly with raspberry-poached rhubarb by Mark Best.

Sep 15, 2009 11:29pm

By Mark Best

Serves 6

20 mins preparation

1 hr cooking plus chilling

Mark Best: Chocolate chantilly with raspberry-poached rhubarb

Ingredients

270 gm dark couverture chocolate (70% cocoa solids), coarsely chopped

100 gm (about 1 punnet) raspberries, to serve (see note)

Raspberry-poached rhubarb

1 bunch rhubarb with thick stalks (about 450gm)

200 gm (about 2 punnets) raspberries (see note)

250 gm caster sugar

Method

Main

1

Combine chocolate and 230ml water in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water, stirring occasionally until melted and well combined (3-4 minutes). Place bowl over a bowl of iced water and whisk steadily until chocolate thickens and increases in volume (4-5 minutes). Refrigerate, covered, until required.

2

Meanwhile, for raspberry-poached rhubarb, trim leaves and white ends from rhubarb (discard). Wash well, dry, then peel each stalk with a vegetable peeler. Place peelings in a large heatproof bowl with raspberries and sugar (reserve stalks). Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap and place over a saucepan of simmering water until a red juice forms (40-45 minutes).

3

Strain juice through a fine sieve into a 2 litre-capacity wide saucepan. Do not press solids through (discard solids). Cut reserved rhubarb into 9cm lengths, add to pan and simmer over low heat until just tender (6-8 minutes). Do not boil. Transfer rhubarb and juice to a container and refrigerate until chilled (30-40 minutes). Before serving, gently toss with raspberries to combine.

4

Form six quenelles of chocolate with a large, hot spoon and place each in a serving bowl. Divide a little rhubarb and raspberry mixture among bowls, drizzle with rhubarb juice to taste and serve with extra rhubarb and raspberries to the side.

Notes

If fresh raspberries are unavailable, use frozen ones. Use Valrhona chocolate if available.This recipe is from the September 2009 issue of.Drink Suggestion: A Kir Royale made with crème de cassis and a very dry sparkling wine. Drink suggestion by Max Allen